DESIGN FOR AN OCTAGON HOUSE. 



Pi?. 112. — Basement. 



BY HENRY A. PAGE, BOSTON. 



The following plans, and the elevation 

 which accompanies them, (see frontis- 

 piece,) have been obligingly sent us by Mr. 

 Page, of Boston. 



The plans deserve attention. They are 

 evidently the result of careful study; and 

 the arrangement is remarkably compact, 

 and, in many respects, very convenient. 



All our readers may not be aware of the 

 economy of an octagon form over that of a 

 square, in constructing a house. It is, how- 

 ever, very great ; and were it not for the 

 superior picturesqueness and variety afford- 

 ed by parallelogram forms, the use of the 

 circle or the octagon would be universal. 

 But convenience, and the comfort of having 

 a large space on the ground floor, are good 

 reasons for large spreading houses in the 

 country. 



For town houses — or, more pro- 

 perly, suburban houses — situated 

 in the environs of towns, but with 

 an open space on all sides of the 

 building, this octagon form ap- 

 pears to us admirably suited. 

 The elevation may, of course, be 

 raised to suit the taste of the pro- 

 prietor ; but the one given by 

 Mr. Page, in a modified Italian 

 style, is very well adapted to su- 

 burban architecture. Ed. 



The sketches of an octagonal 

 house are original, and are be- 

 lieved to offer several very de- 

 cided advantages over the usual 

 forms. 



A square house, with the same 

 extent of external wall, contains 

 far more superficial area than any other I ses one-fifth more than the square, and coste 

 form now in use; but the octagonal enclo- no more for foundation or finish. 



113. — Principal Floor. 



